Silicon Valley is tapping into the know-how of Ukraine’s war-trained drone makers.

A growing proportion of these are equipped with AI guidance, allowing them to lock on to targets in the final phase of flight even if the link between pilot and drone is jammed. The automatic guidance can kick in at distances of 2km or more,

Senior Ukrainian official Andriy Yermak said Tuesday that talks between the United States and Ukraine in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, have “started very constructively.”